AMD Radeon R9 380 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 380

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.8x more pipelines: 1792 vs 2x 320
4.1x better floating-point performance: 3,476 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
7.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6153 vs 822
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 4 April 2008
Pipelines	1792 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6153 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 108.6 GTexel / s
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 190 Watt
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 970 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 108.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 970 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6153

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

422

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	6153	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1503.633
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2791

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 380	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Antigua	RV670
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	4 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$349
Place in performance rating	373	344
Price now	$264.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	31.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	970 MHz
Compute units	28
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	2x 320
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	666 million
Core clock speed		669 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore